[pyrnet] Re: pyrnet-l-digest.20010703-1

[Pyralive@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/3/2001 5:17:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
pyrnet-l-owner@pyrnet.org writes:


> What do you do about their fur? On country property it is hard to keep the
> fur from matting and when it does it doesn't breathe for them. We've trimmed
> our dog and they seemed much happier- we just made sure it wasn't so short
> that they could get sunburned.


My Pyrenees stay in the A/C--but, in the summer, with all of the humidity, I 
make sure that their hair is brushed "against the grain"  in other words, 
their hair is brushed so that it is practically "standing up" and away from 
their skin--it lets the oxygen get to their skin---
Pam Croy 
PYRALIVE@AOL.COM